How much revenue did Exophobia make?

$15k–$40k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Exophobia sell?

Q: How many copies did Exophobia sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 144 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $15k–$40k after Steam's cut $27k–$61k before Steam's cut; from 144 reviews (Very Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Exophobia and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Exophobia's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–32k

best case 8.0M (ULTRAKILL)

Games like Exophobia

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–32k copies

≈ $8k–$181k after Steam's cut

from ~416 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: ULTRAKILL at ≈ 6.1M–9.9M copies, ≈ $50.2M–$134.8M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 47 reviews in their first month; the range was 18 to 2k.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share FPS (7 of 8) and Boomer Shooter (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Boomer Shooter + Fast-Paced, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Blood + Character Action Game + Arena Shooter; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2026, and 2 of the 8 shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 43 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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